Fortunate Lemon Chicken
By Francis Chang
A delicious chicken meal for you to prepare at home. The lemon sauce is fresh and tangy and somehow I always end up eating too much 
.
It takes a bit to prepare but is worth the effort. And ending the meal with a fortune cookie is great fun – especially if you write your own fortune and make your own cookies (see below).
Fortunate Lemon Chicken
Chicken
4 whole boneless chicken breasts, skin off
½ cup cornstarch (corn flour)
3 tbls water
4 egg yolks – beaten
salt, pepper
shallots – chopped
Lemon Sauce
½ cup lemon juice
2 tsp powdered chicken stock
2 tbls cornstarch (corn flour)
2 tbls honey
2½ tbls brown sugar
1 tsp grated ginger
1¾ cups water
Directions:
- For the sauce combine all the ingredients in a saucepan and stir over a low heat until it boils and then thickens.
- Cut chicken breast fillets into 3-4 pieces, lay flat and pound slightly.
- Place cornflour in a bowl and slowly add the water and egg yolks. Add salt and pepper to your liking.
- Dip chicken pieces into this batter, drain well.
- Place a couple pieces of the battered chicken at a time into deep hot oil and fry until lightly browned.
- Drain on absorbent paper.
- Slice chicken further if required.
- Arrange on plates, sprinkle with shallots and spoon over hot lemon sauce.
Enjoy!
And then, end the meal with these home-made Chinese Fortune Cookies.